Nearly 20% of cancer patients waited beyond the deadline for surgery in the first half of the year

Data from the Health Regulatory Authority (ERS) show that at the end of June, 19.8% of the more than 8,000 patients awaiting cancer surgery had exceeded the recommended maximum response times (TMRG). Non-compliance for priority cases in public hospitals rose from 19.4% to 33.9% following new rules introduced in April that reduced the recommended timeframe from 45 to 30 days. In cardiology surgery, over half of the procedures (52.7%) performed in the first half of the year exceeded the TMRG, with 65% of patients currently on the waiting list past the deadline.